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BOMinvest t1_j2a98a7 wrote

I'll take the price of the food and tax, multiply it by 0.2, and then subtract whatever addition restaurant fee they charge. If they charged an additional 20% kitchen fee, I would leave nothing. If only 3%, I'd leave a 17% tip (or 15% if I am feeling taken advantage of)

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Budget-Celebration-1 t1_j2aa88c wrote

So you tip on top of tax? I didn’t know that was a formal thing in general. If you look at the suggested tip options it used to be most were before tax now that’s changing — more and more the suggestion includes the tax. In addition to tipping on top of the BOH fees frequently you tip on top of the tax. Whenever I see that suggestion I subtract another 5%

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BOMinvest t1_j2aajuh wrote

I think not including tax is standard, but as I accumulated more wealth I started to include tax as well.

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